Improvement in garden-cultivators



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WILLIAM S. SPRATI, OF ALLEGHENY CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND W. T. JAQUI'IH,

OF THE SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 86,879, dated February 9,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GARDEN-CULTIVATORS.

The Schedule referredl to in these Letters Patent and making part of the nam.

i lowing is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, referf ence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in so constructing a garden-cultivator that itsbeam and handles shall consist of two parts, which are connected to an adjust-r able cultivator by means of two braces, the whole' being so arranged that the angle or elevation of the handles and beam may be adjusted to suit the operator and the cultivator, vand its parts may be adapted to the work to be done in the garden. A

' To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe -its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my speciiication- Figure l is a perspective view of my improvement in garden-cultivators.

Figure 2 isa top view or plan of the same.

In the drawings, A and B lrepresent the two parts which form the handles and beam, which are held together' by blocks 3 and rnndle 4.

Between the parts A and B is pivoted a wheel, J.

,To the front end of the parts A and B is attacheda brace, D, and at a suitable point on the handles is attached an adjustable brace, O.

To the braces D and C is attached a toggle-frame, E, provided with a centre-piece, f, in which is a'slot, z', in which is placed' the bolt x, for the purpose of adjusting the toggle to the desired angle or form, that is to say, to spread or contract it. To the under sides of a cultivator, 2,' cutters h, and barrow-teeth 1, may be made in any desiredform.

The cultivator 2 plows up the ground, thevcutters h the toggle-frame E is attached other out-shoots from plants, and the barrow-teeth will barrow up the soil.

The cutters h can be adjusted to suit tbe angle that may be given to the frame E.

The handles may be set at any desired angle, through the medium of the 'openings in the upper ends of the brace G.

The advantage of a garden-cultivator which can be adjusted to suit the operator, and be adapted to the difference in width between rows of plants iu'the garcultivating gardens.

operation of my improvement, v

What I claim as of my invention, is 1. The handles and beam, consisting of parts A and B, and provided with adjustable braces C and D, constructed and arranged substantially as hereir described and for the purpose set forth.

E, provided with cutters, cultivators, and teeth, con'- structed, arranged, and operating substantially as herein described and for the purpose set forth.

W. S. SPRATT. Witnesses:

AI C. JOHNSTON, JAMES J. JOHNSTON.

all of which.

will cut up the furrow and cut off the runners or I den, will be very apparent to all skilled in the art of Having thus described the nature, construction, and

2. In connection with the above, the toggle-frame` 

